My trainer put me in the ring after a month of training with guys who already have amateur fights--is this normal? Thank you.
It really depends on what the sparring was like...I've sparred with guys who were brand new that I went real easy on because I knew they were green. Which is the right thing to do and benefits the noob. But if he throws you in there with guys your level who you just start banging out with, well I don't think thats the right approach. Boxing is a hard sport mentally and you shouldn't shock yourself with it. Starting out warring with people you may grow to think of training/sparring negatively...when you work your way up to sparring little by little you may start to think of it more as practice when your mind and body get accustomed to it. First time I sparred was after about 2 months with a new amateur just like me who was 30 pounds more than me. And I brawled my ass off for about....60 seconds. Then I felt like I was gonna die from exhaustion. After that, the kid was teeing off on my head for 2 more rounds and I could barely throw a punch. Was certainly a rough orientation.
i sparred my first week of training against my mate who played rugby for scotland and was like 13 stone and built and i was about 9 stone he had been going for about a month i stood in front of him square with my guard down and traded and got absouloute hammered but i gave him afew bombs on the chin
This is in response to this thread and the other one you made-- Listen, the most important thing is for you to feel comfortable in a relationship with your trainer. If your new to boxing, of course your going to have to push yourself in ways that you haven't before. But theres nothing wrong with speaking up and telling your trainer what is going on. Sometimes you have to take the matter in your hands. If you feel like your trainer isnt listening to you about defensive drills, ask some of the other trainers or some of the other experienced guys if they can show you some stuff. Don't feel like you have no control over your training. You should be feeling confident or at least comfortable besides the normal butterflies and apprehension of sparring. If you don't speak up or do something about it, it will just get in the way of your progress. Course that doesn't mean be a know-it-all, but you get what I'm sayin.